The aim of this paper consists on clarifying the main attributes of the cultural industry and also to show
the panorama of this industry in Spain. For that propose the elements that define the cultural industry
will be pointed in the context, not of the CultThe aim of this paper consists on clarifying the main attributes of the cultural industry and also to show
the panorama of this industry in Spain. For that propose the elements that define the cultural industry
will be pointed in the context, not of the Cultural Geography but of the Economic Geography. Also
will be identified the main companies of the sector, their process of horizontal and vertical integration
and their interrelation with other economic sectors. The paper pays attention to the role of the multimedia
companies in the development of the cultural identity at the territories, and the deal of the cultural
goods in the international organizations. At this point a thematic and spatial approach has been
achieved, so that we can actually describe the main territorial distribution of the Spanish cultural
industry, the multimedia groups, their internal structure and their spatial patterns in Spain.[+][-]